This is GREAT in every detail, and let me starting my day with a big laughter.
And like Grischuk stated: Whoever wins the candidates, will be a different player, and therefore can take a chance to beat Carlsen.

From the head held in Anand's hand it appears that the cartoon implies that Carlsen slaughtered Anand in 2013. Not sure if the match went that way. Nor do I think that it will be the same as last year given the super performance Anand had in the candidates.

This cartoon reminds me that this will be the first rematch since the glorious Karpov-Kasparov times. Since 1990, we only had "one-shot" world championship matches. Who knows, maybe this is a new decade-defining rivalry? Akin to Steinitz-Chigorin; Botvinnik-Smyslov; Karpov-Korchnoi or Kasparov-Karpov. For example, let's just assume that Anand wins the match.... it is likely that Carlsen would qualify again, and then we would seen Anand-Carlsen version 3 :-). Fun...~!

Anand is immortal and ageless. Carlsen will lose and there is no guarantee that he will get a rematch with Anand. Remember MC won the candidate tie breaker with a stupid rule - i.e. because he lost more game than Kramnik? Having higher rating does guarantee a win!

I just don't understand this cartoonist guy. I guess violent thinking is just ingrained in his DNA. After all, chess isn't exactly at the level of inquisitions and guillotines/axes. Could've easily shown a crown being frisbeed or broken instead (if that negative itch took over)... Anyway, the nice thing is that Anand doesn't read this crap like we do and, even if he did, it wouldn't bother him. He knows what the challenges are. If this is the way that challengers are treated, so be it. It might be wise to wait for the result of the rematch. Thank you for civilized journalism and cartooning.

As Carlsen said in one of his interviews, Chess is the most violent of the sports. No doubt about that. As always, Diaz go right to the point: Carsen may is waiting with the axe but Anand is full of hapiness to fight him again.

He did not win convincingly, if Anand had lost the ending with Rook v B and N vs Kararyakin the Karayakin would be playing Carlsen. Anand also benefitted form au remarkable combination of results between the other candidates.

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